These former Amazon robotics executives just landed $20 million to tackle the housing crisis

Fast Company, reported by Adele Peters, covers our $20 million Series A funding round led by Eclipse and VoLo Earth Ventures. The round marks a significant step toward scaling our approach to factory-built housing using software and robotic microfactories.

When we started, our founders, all veterans from Amazon Robotics, asked what skills built managing fulfillment centers could apply to housing. More so, the catalyst was personal. Our CEO, Vikas Enti, becoming a father prompted him to recognize the scale of the challenge. The U.S. has a shortage of millions of homes, hundreds of thousands of construction workers, and buildings account for roughly 40% of global emissions. We realized the coordination and automation we'd applied at Amazon could translate directly to construction.

What also comes up: why this hasn't worked before. The industry is fragmented. A typical home involves 25+ subcontractors. That fragmentation has meant construction chronically underinvests in R&D. Katerra is the cautionary tale: over $2 billion raised, then bankruptcy. Our approach was different. We studied 18 global housing factories to understand what actually worked, then talked to developers about what it would take for them to switch to a new production model. That foundation shaped how we're building now.